Sec. 3. Fraud prevention

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Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate a plan for the use of advanced analytics software to ensure the proactive detection of fraud in immigration benefits applications and petitions and to ensure that any such applicant or petitioner does not pose a threat to national security. Not later than 1 year after the date of the submission of the plan under paragraph (1), the Secretary of Home-land Security shall begin implementation of the plan.

The Secretary of Homeland Security, acting through the Fraud Detection and Nationality Security Directorate, shall complete a benefit fraud assessment by fiscal year 2021 on each of the following: Petitions by VAWA self-petitioners (as such term is defined in section 101(a)(51) of the Immigration and Nationality Act). Applications or petitions for visas or status under section 101(a)(15)(K) of such Act or under section 201(b)(2) of such Act, in the case of spouses. Applications for visas or status under section 101(a)(27)(J) of such Act.

Applications for visas or status under section 101(a)(15)(U) of such Act. Petitions for visas or status under section 101(a)(27)(C) of such Act. Applications for asylum under section 208 of such Act. Applications for adjustment of status under section 209 of such Act. Petitions for visas or status under section 201(b) of such Act. Not later than 30 days after the completion of each benefit fraud assessment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate such assessment and recommendations on how to reduce the occurrence of instances of fraud identified by the assessment.